¹³ Akumelanga sahlulele abanye ngendaba ezingelani lathi loba ezingaqakathekanga. ENtshumayelweni yakhe yaseNtabeni, uJesu waxwayisa wathi: “Yekelani ukwahlulela ukuze lani lingahlulelwa.” (UMathewu 7:1) IVangeli likaLukha lithi uJesu waqhubeka wathi: “Liyekele lokusola abanye ukuze lani lingasolwa.”a (ULukha 6:37) UJesu wayekwazi ukuthi abantu bayakuthanda ukwahlulela abanye lokubasola. Nxa babekhona kulabo ababemlalele ababelomkhuba wokusola abanye kwakumele bawutshiye.

14. Kungani kumele ‘siyekele ukwahlulela’ abanye?

¹⁴ Kungani kumele ‘siyekele ukwahlulela abanye’? Kungenxa yokuthi kasilalungelo lokwenza njalo. Umfundi uJakhobe wathi: ‘Munye kuphela otshaya imithetho longuMahluleli. Manje wena ungubani ukuthi wahlulele umakhelwane wakho?’ (UJakhobe 4:12; KwabaseRoma 14:1-4) Ngakho uJehova nguye kuphela olelungelo lokwahlulela abantu. Esinye isizatho yikuthi silesono futhi isono singenza sahlulele abanye ngendlela engayisiyo. Zinengi izinto ezingaphambanisa indlela esibona ngayo abanye. Izinto lezo zingagoqela ubandlululo, ukuzigqaja, umhawu kanye lokuzibona silungile. Silokunye futhi esingenelisi ukukwenza. Kasingeke sibone okusenhliziyweni yomuntu kumbe sazi konke okwenzakala empilweni yakhe. Manje thina singobani ukuthi sesingasola abafowethu labodadewethu sisithi balenhloso ezimbi loba kabenzi konke abangakwenza ekukhonzeni uNkulunkulu? Ukucabanga ngalokhu kuzasinceda ukuthi singahlali silandelela lokho abakuphambanisayo. Kungcono kakhulu ukuthi silingisele uJehova ngokubona okuhle kwesikhonza labo kulokugxila emaphutheni abo!

15. Izikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu kumele zibaphathe njani abanye futhi kungani?

¹⁵ Kumele sibaphathe njani abanye emulini? Emulini kumele kube lothando lokuthula kodwa kuyadanisa ukuthi izimuli ezinengi ziphathana ngendlela ebuhlungu. Kwandile ukuzwa ngamadoda ahlukuluza omkawo, abesifazana abaphatha kubi omkabo kumbe abazali abatshela abantwababo amazwi ahlabayo mhlawumbe baze babatshaye kabuhlungu. Izikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu akumelanga zikhulume amazwi ahlabayo futhi ziphathe kubi abanye. (Kwabase-Efesu 4:29, 31; 5:33; 6:4) Amazwi kaJesu athi ‘siyekele ukwahlulela’ futhi ‘siyekele ukusola’ ayasebenza lasemulini. Khumbula ukuthi ukwenza okulungileyo kugoqela ukuphatha abanye ngendlela uJehova abaphatha ngayo. Phela uNkulunkulu wethu kasiphathi ngesihluku, “ulozwelo olukhulu” kulabo abamthandayo. (UJakhobe 5:11) Lesi yisibonelo esihle kakhulu okumele sisilingisele!